San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-05-05
PERSONAL.
III Dailey is in Karnes County

Basil Daley is in Karnes County.
DIR. Jones and family left on yesterday
morning for theii old home in Arkansas.
Miss Carrie Kone has gone on visit &c
Temple.
Mr.. Williams, late with Mr.. Nance, has
accepted business position at Palestine.
Judge Kone is suffering from severe
attack of fux.
Mr.. Will Taylor, now of Galveston, is IN
town circulating among his friends.
Our fremen will send delegates to the
State convention at Temple.
We regret very much to say that Mr..
Raynolds is still confined to sick bed
Mr.. Simpson, the butcher, expects to
leave in short time for Washington Terri
tory.
DIR, Pendleten has started on his trip &c
Scotland Mr.. w. II. Nance is also IN the
old World, was in Ireland at latest advlces'
Rev. Mr.. French and family left this
week for California, vim San Antonio. The
best wishes of hosts of friends attend them.
Editor McNaughton, of the Kyle Times,
and his daughter, a fair and pleasing young
lady, were III town yesterday.
We learn that Elder Horton of the Metho.
dist church in the course of his discourse on
Saturday night declared himself strongly
for prohibition.
We were pleased to make the acquain-
lance last week of Mrs. L. O. Wilson, OF
this vicinity, whom we found to be lady
of unusual intelligence and culture.
Mr.. P. T. Talbot, who is the purchaser
of the property of j. F. Ellison, Jr., writes
that he will arrive on Tuesday. He comes
from Summerfield La.
r. ]. Davis has laid on our table some
we'll grown Irish potatoes, raised entirely
without rain or irrigation. The ground,
however was subsoiled, and to this, no
doubt their growth is to be credited.
We meant to have noticed in our last the
marriage of Mr.. Asa Nj. Belvin, well known
here. He was married on "Wednesday OF
last week to Miss Jessie, daughter OF Col.
Driskill, of Austin.
Col. Swisher and wife, of Austin, were
here on Monday TO leave their youngest
daughter at school at Mrs. Bishops. The
rain prevented their making some contem-
plated calls.
Elder Williamson has accepted call
from our county prohibition organization to
canvass the county in behalf of the cause.
A better man could scarcely have been found
for the position.
We have been remiss of duty in not
sooner noting the fact that Mrs. Terry Kill
Tough, nee Miss Rowena Lilly, is sojourn-
ing at the Killough homestead, and will
probably spend a good part of the summer
with u.s.
Our lightning corporation assessor and
collector, Mr.. Des Hopkins, informed US
the other day that there were two delin-
quents on his list, and beguiled us into the
idea that we might make Scots by publish
ing the same, but later on informed us he
had collected of both, and thus we lost that
large share of official patronage.
Mrs. Gordon, of Iowa, who has been on
visit of some months to her father, Mr..
Robbins, of this place, left for home via
Kansas City and other points where she
will spend some time. on Tuesday evening
Her little daughter TIA, who was with her
mother, because of her sprightly winning
ways will be much missed in the circle OF
her Texas acquaintance of all ages.
Mr.. Giesen made us statement which
we are glad to publish for the credit of our
merchants and other business men viz:
that they have all stood by the tenant class,
in the way of furnishing them with SUI
plies. He further mentioned that some of
our farmers such as Capt. Storey, had con-
tinued to give his tenants orders as before:
We learn that he told them that he would
divide with them as long as he had anything
himself That is the right spirit.